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Spike Lee Directs Denzel Washington in 'Highest 2 Lowest'

NEW YORK CITY, AUG 4 – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite for their fifth film collaboration in a contemporary New York crime thriller inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s classic, featuring a $17.5 million ransom plot.

  • Spike Lee directed the crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest starring Denzel Washington, set to hit theaters on August 15, 2025.
  • The film adapts Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low with a modern New York music mogul ransom story, continuing Lee and Washington's fifth collaboration.
  • Produced by A24 and Apple Original Productions, the movie features A$AP Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, and Ice Spice, and recently premiered at Cannes 2025.
  • Martin Scorsese praised the film's direction, editing, and Washington's performance as "virtually every aspect" impressed him, while David Ehrlich called it “jarringly upbeat” and “deliriously entertaining.”
  • Highest 2 Lowest will stream on Apple TV+ starting September 5, 2025, marking Lee's first feature since 2020’s Da 5 Bloods and generating significant anticipation.
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cityonfire.com broke the news in on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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